No, it's not a portable charger. It's a tiny little adapter that plugs into the small end of a microUSB cable, so that you can plug it into your iphone 5/5s/6/6plus and it will charge. You need to plug the microUSB cable into a charger or USB port to get power. The idea behind this is to use one of your many microUSB cables you already have (especially if you had an android phone before your iphone). Actually, the reason this exists is so Apple can sell iphones in Europe, which have a law that all mobiles phones must use a microUSB cable to charge.

I've been unable to find such a product, even on off-brand and wholesale sites. I, too, would like the inverse product because the apple USB to lightning charging cable is much more compact than my micro USB charging cable. When you're traveling for business with lots of gadgets to charge and limited to carry-on only (tight time frames making waiting for baggage claim a no-go), space is at a premium!

C'mon, Apple, the ball's in your court--make us this adapter, and we'll come buy it!

Yes, the Apple-branded Lightning to Micro USB Adapter will fit into the charging port of the LifeProof "fre" case for the iPhone 5.

Unlike the LifeProof case for iPhone 4, which had no room what-so-ever for most aftermarket 30-pin connectors, the new iPhone 5 case's charging port slot has quite a bit more room to spare when connecting the Lightning to Micro USB Adapter.

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